Norwalk Chronicler

Evening sentinel, Tuesday, May 7, 1912 · page 1

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God in plain and true
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Entered at the South Nor-walk Poet-one!
on Second Clue Matter

scum nonwaait. com. TUESDAY. MAY 7. 191.9.

 

 

 

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“WEATHER FORECAST

Bhowere Tonight and Wednesday. '

2:23

TWO CENTS'

 

 

 

SIRS HIR PAVING SIR [IS
IN SIIUIH NURWA K Wlll BE
SIIRHI IIIIISK I AS PRSSIB

Monroe Street, Railroad Avenue. Washington Street, North
Main Street, West Avenue, Water Street, Raymond Street,
Woodward Avenue and Ann Street Selected

SflllRllllAIlN RRPIISEII HAIR ill IRIS ill AIIY IAIIRE I
» .BRXIIIS iXHISIIlIIIISAIIII REFUSE PiRIlII

Action on tne Connecticut Company Petition for Turnout in
South Main Street is Deferred

 

 

 

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By a vote of four to two the South

Norwalk Board or Councilmen put it.
self on record last evening as being
opposed to more boxing home, action
on the request of the standard Aili-
otic Club for n llccnnc to hold a box-
dng carnival on the “list being deferred
until the 20th inst. This practically
abuts off the club from holding the
boats and sets a precedent which
runny believe will hold true for some
Line to come.

Preliminary action on the pavement
of streets was taken by the council

 

last evening the committee on streets
living authorized to advertise for bids
for the work to be done on Monroe
street. Railroad avenue, Waehlngton
Street, North Main street, Went ave-
nue, Water atrcct, Raymond street,
Woodward avenue and Ann street.
The plan's, specifications and profiles
of the work to be done Wore aubmii-g
led. and it is expcctcd that the coun.
oil will soon be in a position to issue
the bonds necessary to cover the ox-

 

 

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IllithANllB ruins
Wililililillllliflli

Tell Motiliiere Not to loin Urgen-
ization That Knows No Respect
‘to God or Flag

 

WIhLMANTlC, May 7.-——Wheu the
70 Weavers employed by the Windham
Silk Factory reported for work yester-
day morning, they were informed that
choir demand for an increase in wages
of 15 per cent. would not be granted
and they returned to their homes. The
strike is in charge of J. Golden. pres
ldent of the Textile Workers of Albert.
ca. No violence la lolted for. The
whole plant employing 200 hands other
than the weavers will be compelled to
abut down within a few days if the
weavers remain out. There were no
chase meotnlga held today of the em-
rployon of the American Thread Com~

. patty. Two were held yesterday.

At the Roman Catholic churches yes-
terday priesta gave warning to their
pariahoners not to join an organiza-
tion “that knows no respect to God or
flag."

——MILLINERY SALE.

Owing to the cold and rainy weath-
er leaving us with a high number of
trimmed halls, will sell at greatly re-
duced prices. Mrs. A. Altenbrandt, 31
So. Main St, South Norwalk.

 

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8. A. R. ANNUAL MEETING MAY 10.
The Connecticut Society of the Bone
of the American Revolution will hold
its annual ineeting'ii‘riday, noon, May
10th, at the Hartford club, Hartford.
Officers are to be elected for the com-
ing year and in connection with the
business neaeion arrangements have

been made for a table (1‘ note dinner atil am ”but some people seem inclined ,0

line club that noon. It is requested
that all who desire to attend the din-
ner will notify the monetary of the
society: not later than May 8th.

~~The annual rummage sale of the
Visiting Chapter of Trinity Church
will commence Thursday. May 9th,
and continue for the rent of the week
at ii Railroad place.

Thore‘e hardly anything more or
penelvo than phyla; to so through)
ooureee thet. teach ' how to do thing-
with ooiotitldoeheepneu. '.

—MiLLlNI-av A‘T neouceo
little”.

Trimmed hate and the latent aliapee
at epeoiai eeie title week: Min Boob
lacy, it North Main “feet,

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noun or in in
BIlllilll an inn

Slit Horse Hitch and Broad lily-
er Trolley Meet in South
Main Street

 

 

 

There was considerable excitement
in South Main street at 7:20 o'clock
this morning. when one of liiifialo
bill‘s alx horse hitch teams and trol-
ley car number 187. in charge of Mo-
torman William B. wwndes, collided;
at the South Main street turnout. with
the result that one of the aaebee and
a window in the trolley were smashed
and the line was blocked Ator a few mo-
incnia.

According to spectamrs. the motor-
mnn was primarily at fault for run-
ning too closely to the big wagon. The
driver of the his team was making
his way slowly down South Main
street, headed for tho Baxter grounds,
and the trolley shunted up in the rear
Motorman Lowndee ran his car too
close and when one of the wheels of
the truck caught in the truck and fol-
lowed it. tho rear end of the truck
Jammed into the trolley. breaking the
aaah and the window and Jamming
the two conveyances together.

The driver of the team unhltched
his lead horses and brought them
around to the rear of the wagon. pull-
ing away from the car, after which
both conveyances made their way on-
ward. Fortunately no ono was in-

Jured. \
Q

INGENDIANV FINE
III WATENBUM

WATERBURY

 

 

May 7. ~Anothcr

think was of incendiary origin alerted
yesterday in the Sonthmald home on
Wilson street. in the weatern part of
the city. a home for elderly wanton
and women invalide. There were 10
pereona in the building, including the
matron, Mina Lille Hunt. and! the
nuree. Mlle Anna Man.

The fine started in the cellar and
burned clear throulh to the roof.
compelling the poildea and firemen to
carry out. all of one taunted: to one
home of Michael “More. women tilt!
threat. Th0 littt'li VII overcome by
emetic and had do he carried out.
Later the MM. The firemen work-
ed on an billidiot for eeverel noun
helm the blue one extinciilebed.

The building we. of wood. three
otorleehilh ' The toes will reach

tuition a column
iii nu lllllililill

Storm Brewing Between Pro-
gressives and Conservatives-—
Several Matters In Dispute

 

 

MINNEAPOIJS. Minn. May 7.-—ln-
eurgoncy has broken out among the
delegates to the general conference of
the Motlwdietfiplsmpal Church. now
in acaaion here. The conference to dl‘
vided botwoeii progressive: and con.
aervatives. and a clash between them
on most of the important matters that
are to come up for dlacuaaion la antici-
patod by those who have watched the
church headlong in the peat. The ad-
dress of the bishops, which according
to the conecrratlvoa la a daring and
progressive document. dealing with a
number of queatlona in church affairs
that have been troublesome in the peel
is regarded by the tirogroaalvea as con-
ucnvntlvo almost to the point of being
re acztionary

is expected that a cinch will come
when the matter of church diocipllne
in up for a vote and when other inat-
tcrn arc brought before the body.

With ll'ila wide differ.
coco of oplnoln already developed in 3 budget presented to the town board of clone fricndn of the family

 

Many Queetione Dleputed.
Among the quoutiona ckiwwtad to all-

church pnbllcationa.
the chart ii. a plan to conaolidatc some

and eliminate othcnl. to reduce the
number of publications to l'our., with

a uniform subscription price of ”.50“

has been offered In a reanlutlon now
before the conference.
forty fought in some quarters and it is:
believed that when It oomea up for a,
vote the real lineup of the progreeelvo'
and ooneorvetivo olemenle will be!
shown Another caution on which the
line up to expected to about in the quee-
toln of the retiring of blehope. it has
recommended that the ego of retiring
biahopa be reduced over that at proo-
out fixed and that biehopo of 76 yuarl
be compelled to quit active work.
:Women Demand Equal Rllhte.

Women of the Methodist Clutchi
have demanded that the ban on them
be removed. They want women min-A
intern and. 28 delegatee to the general
conference will light for the revocation
of the church rule which forbide the
ordination of women as miniature.

These women delegates will have
the backing of the various women's
organizations of the church and they
expect to win the fight.

The petition for the removal of the
church rule In contained in a memo
rial to the conference by the New
imialand conference It demands that
the women aboald have an equal foot- I
log with men In the affairs of that
church and that they shall be oilglblei
to mlnloterlai positions and pastoratoe

 

. OMAN".

 

tumult
IS lain lllll
llle till

Town Board ol‘Eetlmate Gets
Requests and Will Probably
Do Some Getting Down

llllilllill ill ii an
llill trial until

 

 

Public Meetings, to be Held Next
Monday and Tuesday

, the great oblate Ali given,

 

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Should there be no cutting in tho‘

eatimulc and taxation at lie
tht- tax this your would reach lilfi‘
mills. the nominal of the nakedvfor up,
propriettona being $272,202.40. . But it:

appropriations, and the tax will prob-g

Tho meeting was held for the pill
pose of ormnlzallon and to receive,
the budgets. Ferdinand ll Smith was
citation president. and he will preeide

fin the absence of First Selectman Alw
it In bolus MW trad Aviuon. the rightful chairman.

Christian Swan: submitted his ten
irritation, which was accepted, but binf
place wan not tilled. i

William J Shannen and James Paul.
two new emotion. m unlined.
Mr. attention lama: refined bio pie.E

union on the board of relief in order: may last oleuee p‘rovidee "each cbildi

that he might comply with to. quallh ’

It was decided to hold the public"
hearings on Monday. May 18th. It 8‘
in, in the oolectmon'e onion in the
town hall and on Tuesday. m Hob.

i icharitablc nature.

itho trust funds of which there

$5,000,000 III lRllSI

lift it] AIRS. ASIRR

 

Colonel’s Will flakes Vincent
Astor Chief Beneficiary
of Big Estate

NEW YORK. May 7.——Couneel for
the family made public last night the
will of John Jacob Astor, as dream in
this city last, September, only a few
days after his marriage to Mien Med
eiln-e Taimedge Force. and approxi-
mately seven months before he perish-
ed with the sinking of the Titanic.

Vincent Astor. a son, who will come
of age within a year. la made the
principal beneficiary, and rcaiduary
tighten. Nothing on to the value of
and by the
creation of trust funds the lcotntor
nae followed, as far as possible, the
custom of his forbeare in keeping the
vast Astor real estate holdings intact.
Valuations of the estate run anywhere
from $75,000, 000 to 8150. 000.000. A
cold to

 

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330.000 for St. Paul'e School.
Aside from provisions for

bequeath of. only
Among. than more

3‘. 76 .000.

St. i’aul'u.;~.~‘chooi at Concord, N. Ii.

The remainder of the legacies are;

to putatively.
vents. Nearly all the other provisions
of the will, as made public, deal with

cheer. 35.000. 000. for the young
widow, $5,000. 000 for one colouel‘a
young daughter, Muriel, the child of
hte humor wife ma Willie; Astor.
and $3,000,000 for, file uprated pol!»
turnout child of the present widow.

Ito abet! enrvive the teetetor other
than his eon, William Vincent. and his
daughter. Ara Alloe Muriel?
Nothing for Former Wife.
No provielon whatsoever in
m- ehe wife who divorced him; and

in the South Norweik council some in, it the young widow dies or married

Weebington street at 8 p. on. elbol
Theee are the only nicotine to which
the public will be admitted

The budgete of the actual men. high,

 

vieltore were formally received. The

win. the $6,000,000 trust fund and
him down home and other limpet-tr.
left to her revert. to Vincent Actor.
She gets. however, $100. 000 outright,

.acbool oommittot and board of school without further stipulation; and until ,to ”I“ this show W

the income from the truer. fund about

are.”

made A

A tampaign for bettei sidewalk con-
ditions in Norwalk and a crusade

 

meeting of the Not walk City Council
3 hold that evening, and from all appear

over town and hate the. city made

itertnod nuisances
The council hoard Manager J B.

the.» petition of the company for per‘
imiaaion to double-track Main street.

 

‘WILD WEST lllll Ill
IITEITIDI 0F FINDING

There baa been a persistent rumor
around town today to the effect that
the South Norwalk officials are roa-
ponoible for the feet that there was no
Wilde 0f Buffalo Bill and Pawnee
BIl-el' Wild West. and Far East show
;thle noon The atory- that went the
Imunda was to the effect chat the city
clerk and mayor bad demanded any-
where from 3100 to $500 in “license
feeo for the parade and for that rea-
Emma the management had refused

 

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I The facts of the case are those.

aelectmen ask for 8162. 330 08: the become available the trustees are (11- Tm“ big Show 1188 not run a parade
high school <30!“me for 835.105 82- rooted to pay her an income of 3200. 'f‘”. the past “gm yeara, the manage-

and the board of school visitors for
390.760 50.

000 a year. There was an ante-nap”

ment having found that it was an ex-

Itiat aettloment which she accepted in; pensive advertisement that did not.

The first of the executive melons lieu of do“, rights The amount of ‘080’ So far no licenses 80. two

to connidor the budgets will be held
on May 17th. 2

8 S. Hatch J. Emory Stevens and’
Albert M. Pohlmau submitted a re-j

this has not been made public. The
rumors have placed it at $5. 000. 000.
Advice Ae to lnveetmente.
Tho colonel given the truateee min-i

imontha ago a show license was accur-
ed from the mayor and city clerk and
the amount charged for this was $15.
which was cheerfully paid by the com-I

quest for an appropriation 0f $750 for nto directions relative to making in- NW-

tiie olimtnatltm of mosquito breedingl ammonia following almost “my tori

Some of the women aupportng the I'N- places. an a committee of the Soutbf word the Instructions 0‘ almuur na-

oluiiou say that If the bars are Ilhtaed;
within eight years the women of the:
church will deniaud the election of a1
woman bishop

Norwalk Board of Trade. I
More of the bqard present lest eve-
ning were F. .,Sinlth C. W. Bell.‘

tune left by his father. William Actor
Al bequests are made tax free, the
taxes to be paid out of the reelduanyi

IJlilailaco Dunn.B E l... Gregory. 3 H- estate Auto proper inveetmonte he

The unoetlon will be fought out on! Holmes. William J. Bhoeman, ”Mint" among other things, my ee-

the floor or the conference.

SEVEN IIIHIDIIED
REBELS KILLED"

SAN ANTONIO. Texan. May 6.-
Mexlcan Consul Eatava has received
dispatchoa from Eagle pace telling of
a victory yesterday of federal amope
oven rebola at Cnatro Olennogu. a
point near Monetova. Ooahnlia. Hie
advlcoa any eeven hundred rebel: were
killed.

The message elated that the federal
troupe commended by Jenna Carranza
had encountered 0. force of eighteen
rundredr rebels, but failed to state the
banner of foderala ensued.

The robot: .under salami were
merohlnfupon Piedrae Neuron. ecroen
the river from Eagle pen. and believ-
ing they had on any time ahead. be-
oemeooreleee. The federal: Inspec-
ted thin eltuetfon. and Friday night.
while the rdbele were coma-lug in
Duartro Chino e. ear-rounded the
town and tout them. The men...»
to Ellen and that at the time it wee
cent. a running tin wee still In pro-
duce Inuit: Goethe Olenogrea.

 

 

 

 
 
 

dot Pubrooaarue.
“their also, one dollhr.

 

 

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an! at momentum.

of shooting her hueband. Eueone it.

they indictment we'e returned ageinet

Paul and Albert M Pohlman. Those!
of the board who were not present
Were Mortimer M. Dee. Gilbert E.
Bogart.and James L. Hoyt.

The budget will be printed in The
Sentinel on Thureday, and the public
hearinga will be advertised at this
time. ~

Last year the total amount of the
appropriation: allowed wee $287,087.
A tax of nine inllla wae laid.

INS. “ABE IIDIBTED
0N IIIIIDEN SHAME

ATLANTA, Ga.,.May 7.~Mre. Denny
Obie Grace. who yeeterda-y woe indict.
ed by the Grand Jury here on a chem

 

 

(lraoe. coilepeed In her cell at an
early hour thle morning. The county
physician- eeld she was in e eertoue
nervoue oortdltlon.

A morninl new here today escort:
that Mu. Grace elated after the mud

her that ehe wee to become a mother.
The huebend of Mn. Grace in at:
the home of hie mother at Newnan.
GA, etlll in a critical condition.
cording to pbyelelene, u the remit of
the bullet wound which the repeatedly
bee charmed wee initiated by hie wile.

 

advertleele'i‘be mun.
. 2‘, y . .

We. railroad aeonritiee. and the pub~
llc debts of the United States, Newt
York. New Janey. Penneylvenle and
Ohio

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NO “DAMON—NO "MUSIC"
with my well-known Tomboyw-s cent
cinre. I put the value where It be-
»ouge-Iin the tobacco. You have only
to “liiiht” a Tomboy cigar and prove
this. Any dealer will euppiy you.

JOHN '1‘. SHEEHAN.
Milrcr of Tomboy Clgore for 17
years.

~wmm mew

HAD ATTACK OF INDIGESTION.

rM. Aileen. a colored man who came
Into South Norwaik obi: morning from
ll‘alrtleld. wee etricken with acute in-
dlteetion at 10:16 o‘clock in final of
the Baritone House and for a couple
of hours enffered excruciating pain.
A line crowd tethered around but
Chief William It. Pennington and Ser-
mt Freak -.V Raymond, of the po-“
Alice «pertinent, bmun'ot. the Mutual‘
Esme. wagon into mutation and
tool: the men to the police elation
where he wee made an comfortable at
their limited accommodation: would
permit. Dre. Franklin 0. Bron and
Iii-Alvin DeWitt Wnd'bwortb attended the
buffering men. At about noon Mr. M-
lleon wee all e to mania lite Journos!

 

 
 

 

eitioouto aurouoenr
‘ untrue out

' WATERBURY. May 7.-—-Ruth Gor-
nian, aged seven, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William F. Gormau. of South
”Main street. was killed by being struck
by ”an automobile yesterday. The car
In owned by Dr. H. G. Anderson. and
was driven by Walter E. cladding. 21.
chauffeur. who is locked up at'pollce
headquarters, charged with manalauxh
ter. The automobile wae coming on
South Main street. and when near the
foctory of tho Waterbury Buckle, skid-
ded toward the sidewalk, striking the
itirl. who who on the edge of the walk.
at the time. She was killed almost in-
etentiy.

 

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81'. MARY'S CHURCH NOTES.

An anniversary mass of requiem will
be celebrated at St. Mary’e Church on
Saturday morning at 8 o‘clock.

St. Mary's Church eenlor choir will
rehearse on Wednesday evening in-
eteed of Friday evening this week
This in because of the May devotione
being held at the ohm-oh.

The Forty Houra' lievotlon cloned
Ithla morning with the eight o'clock
mean There tree a solemn blah meet
with the following oftloore—Gelebrant.
Father Burke. of Glenville: Deacon.
Rev. J. J. Keene. ,of Norwelk: Sub
deacon, Rev. J. J. Mcoulnneee. of Nora
walk. and Manner of (tormented. her.

 

 

 

Theme-J. Irina. .reotorofntm'l‘

AGAINSI BI l BOARDS ARIIW
RR BEIIER SIR WAIKS IN
IA SIIY I], NRRWA

Public Hearing to be Held Next Monday Night on the Connect-
icut Company’s Petition to Double Track Main Street,
After Hearing Manager Potter's Claim,

FRESERISK IAIRSHIIR HIGHWAY SRIAIAISSIRIIER id
.Hll IASAIIIIY CAUSES-Bl IAR. BYIIIIilIIII’S RiSIIIRAIIM .,

New Bails for West Avenue Were Delivered In Norwallt theft
Night, Six Days After Decision Wee Announced '

 

 

 

 

in“ gave the manager no decided en-

ewer. preparing for a public hearing

Mil; day that in his opinion the smaller against all the billboards in the City next Monday night.
mrwllilg of the your held last night, figure one nearer the cofi‘cot csii—‘iof Nornnik was started at the resultin-

Tho vacancy in the highway dopaflr I
merit of the office of street 001!!an
‘aioner, calmed by the resignation o! (if.

, Vincent latices it would seem that Norwaik is ltrvlng 'Byington, was filled and M
=la promised that the board will not be: Actor. the will provldca for uncondi-Agoing to have some fine sidewalks all erlck Falrchlld is the new official in
cit warm diactieaoin is the matter on no goncroua on not to cut some of the: (local
There are now?
nearly a dozen papore sanctioned 'hyi ably not reach ouch a height

that capacity, beginning work till. '
is but one of a more attractive by the removal of the morning. ' ‘
Thia in $30,000 loilllllboaldii which are in themaelvee‘.

The council voted not. to appeal tho

Idecision of the public utilities conid‘

million regarding the rails to be out!

fricnda and faithful cor Potter. of the Connecticut Company on. in Norwelli streets.

.I—Aun—

(Gontiuuod on Fifth Paco.) H

SKIif IIIIII IIIIIE
IIEIII IIIIIIER Ill

Load of I-‘iehornieo with
Was Too Much for the
Small Craft ‘

 

Too many contents on One chip '
partly responsible for the sinking
a boat containing eight young in

Cockenoo Island Sunday aftermath.
and had they not been versed in
tical and aquatic circles, it is it ,
that someone would have been.
drowned.

A party composed of Albert 0013
Clifford Dickson, Joseph Cor-dine, H
nrd Peterson, Stephen -Kent, one
Schaub, 2nd” Mortimer Conley M
two others went out on a. fishing nap.
in Arthur Merrill's launch. They ‘
ed off Cockenoe Island for a time
after lunch became chilled by the ooh! s
winde They decided he no cohort-
and build a are.

All went well. The shore filth,
reached and the tire kindled. TM,
nine fishermen became warm Mill.
thought to return to the launch. Nth"
satisfied to relay back to the launch
as they had gone eehoro, all nine
crowded into the nine rowboet stair
ing it to within an inch or two of (ltd
gunwaie. ,

When some distance from shore,
inadvertent move on the part of", ,
of the ‘tcnptalne nine" allowed M
water to come over the aide. W
and faster it ran into the boot. up
at length the boat sank with all 0H
board. Fortunately the water
only up to the chin of the am
man and the smaller one: were'
to cling to the boat until the I
ones towed the boot ashore f

The craft was e‘m‘pétedioi ite unwed.
come bailout and the trip
launch renamed. with but hell! the
by at e. time.

The aetiore reached Npo'vlalk .
but happy. and, it M then.
report. of the undefined «if an
tor. beetdea a good catch of hell;

 

wOSILOFP'S amine?

” Clover or Magnolia Milli, 10c deli.
it can Evaporated Milli. title; I .
Home Gathered Em,~25o doe. A
a page. ant-added What. one.
Very Good Prunu,4 lbe.. 250.
Native Kale. 850 pk.

Native Spinach, Site at.
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